Interview Questions
1. What are “View Definition” permissions?
The VIEW DEFINITION permission lets a user see the metadata of the securable on which the permission is granted. However, VIEW DEFINITION permission does not confer access to the securable itself. For example, a user that is granted only VIEW DEFINITION permission on a table can see metadata related to the table in the sys.objects catalog view. However, without additional permissions such as SELECT or CONTROL, the user cannot read data from the table.
The VIEW DEFINITION permission can be granted on the following levels:
- Server scope
- Database scope
- Schema scope
- Individual entities
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